Let it flow, written with a tinge of Roman influence

The sky was red that night, red as the dirt below, the cannons had wrung out their last blasting sounds of glory. The stage set and the characters playing the part as the small golden spark glittered across the ground. It was searching, searching to give her teardrops that would save his...

taken from my book, "Embarking Upon Madness"

The "Ghazal" is typically about the mystical aspects of devotion and the pain and longing that come from lost love.
An arrangement of couplets that don't have to relate.
Five to twelve (I did six) two line stanzas with the second line ending with the same word as the last word in the first line...

Want to know how I got these smile lines?

I stay in my room to find
Peace of my mind.
I Live in the shadows
Everyday it get harder
To keep my sanity
I have no where toÂ
go no one to turn to
I'm trapped in this
Lonely world of mine
Am I being punished
for something I have
done
Please forgive me lord
I can't stand it anymoreÂ
I...